The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-08-19
A Chain of Bright Resorts, Of which Sea
Isle City is Shining Link.

Did YOU ever notice how many of the sea-
side resorts on the New Jersey coast are on is
lands. From Sandy Hook to Cape May, a
distance of one hundred and twenty.seven
miles, is a strirg OF resorts. fully seventy-fiye
in number. For at least two-thirds of this dis
lance the cities by the sea are planted upon
sandy beaches ont in the sea- From Sandy
Hook to BAY Head the resorts are on the main
land. These include Long Branch, Asbury
Park Ocean Grove, Ocean Beach. Spring Lake
and Sea Grit, and a dozen places not as well
known From ! ay Head, at the top of ia
nous old Barnesat Bay, it is possible to sail
all the way to Cape May without going outside
the chain Of islands.
First YOU will sail down Barnegat Bay, pass
ing Lavallette, Ortley, Berkely, Seaside Park,
and Island Beach. You cross Barhegat Inlet
and skirt the shore of Long Beach Gan island, }
passing Barnegat City Beach, Harvey's Cedars,
Beach Haven, and Sea Haven. Across Little
Egg Harbor Bay, and you enter Absecon Bay,
Brigantine Island being between you and the
ocean. At the sunkeI end of Brigantne you
cross the famous inlet and find yourself at At
laptic CITY, Through the Thoroughfare and
YOUR boat takes you TO Longport at the end of
the island, Absecon, which has Atlantic City
at the northern extremity. Across Great Egg
Harbor Bay and you reach peck's Beach with
Ocean City. Another thorouehfare carries you
past the island to Corsen's Inlet at the north
ern end of I.udlam'S Beach, likewise an island,
upon which Sea Isle City is built. Then comes
a series of bays and inlets which lead you by
Holly Beach and Auglesea to Sewell's Point
and Cape May.
What marvellous coast this is And where
can anything like it be foundi And all these
resorts have been made possible and been de-
veloped by the Pennsylvania Railroad. 1t
touches everywhere. Some syndicate pur-
chases a strip of beach and improves it. Next
we hear of a Pennsylvania Railroad branch
penetrating it, and 10. it blossoms forth INTO
a full Pledged resort with hotels and colt ages.
Before many years there Will be continuous
line of rails from Sandy Hook to Cape May
Point, with not mile Of unoccupied beach
land.
Among these resorts you can make your
choice. There is the fashion Of Long Branch,
of Key East, of Sea Grit, and Spring Lake; the
less fashionable but still gay and temper ate
Asbury Park; the great Methodist camp at O.
cean Grove; the restless, crowded cosmopoi-
tansm Of Atlantic City, and the quiet elegance
of Old Cape May. Then there is the grand
fishing and sailing of Barnegat Bay and the re-
sorts Of the neig hborhood, and he equally good
fishing Of the bays south of Atlantic City.
Every body goes to Atlantic and rich and poor
josle each other Oh the beach and in the no.
tel lobies. But if you wo:.ld be rid of all
that: you would travel with bag instead of
trunk, and enjoy free and easy life free
from the dictates of fashion, go to Barnegat
City Beach, Longp0rt, Ocean City, Sea Isle
City. and ADglesea.
One Of the newest places is Sea Isle. 1t is of